Environmental Health & Safety Overview

Mission

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The Department of Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) serves to ensure a safe and healthy environment for all students, employees, and visitors to Wright State University in support of the university’s overall mission.

EHS will work to protect human health and, to the greatest extent possible, reduce the university’s impact on the environment and surrounding ecosystem.
EHS will develop programs and policies designed to meet or exceed compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local laws, regulations and guidelines.
EHS will provide unparalleled customer service to the university and surrounding community.
EHS will accomplish these goals through development and implementation of a comprehensive environmental health and safety management system that consists of a review of programs and policies, tracking performance metrics, information exchange, training, inspections, and continuous feedback.

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Training

Wright State University's Department of Environmental Health and Safety offers occupational and lab environment training to Wright State University Employees and students requiring relevent training. We offer trainings in classroom format and online through Pilot. For more information please visit our Training Page

Environmental

Wright State University's Department of Environmental Health and Safety works closely with other departments to keep our footprint as small as possible. We are currently working to expand our "Shut the Sash" initiative we introduced earlier with great success. To see more on the initiative click here.

Carbon monoxide (CO) is an odorless, colorless gas that kills without warning. It claims the lives of hundreds of people every year and makes thousands more ill. Many household items including gas- and oil-burning furnaces, portable generators, and charcoal grills produce this poison gas.

Wright State University is closely monitoring the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) information on the Ebola virus outbreak in five countries in West Africa: Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. There is no significant risk to the Unite